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Jamie Cullum was born on August 20, 1979, in Wiltshire, ENGLAND, where
he began playing piano as a child; by his teenage years, Cullum had become
interested in the Jazz sounds of Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra. He
then started to perform in Jazz pubs and at the age 19 self-released his
first album; Cullum eventually earned a degree from Reading University
in the summer of 2001 and spent a few months travelling and playing around
Europe.
His 2002 debut for the Candid Records label, "Pointless Nostalgic",
which contained the cover of Radiohead's
"High And Dry", received a great deal of airplay on British
radio stations and his star rose rapidly.
The following year, his first major label CD, "Twenty Some-Thing",
became the fastest selling Jazz album in U.K. Jazz history and also a
worldwide smash selling over 2 million copies highlighted by Jazz standards
cuts, self-penned songs and cover tracks including the superb remake of
Jimi Hendrix's "The Wind Cries Mary";
in America, the record cracked The Billboard Top 200 chart peaking at
#83.
In September 2005 Jamie Cullum released with his sophomore set for Verve
Forecast, "Catching Tales"; it debuted at #4 on the British
Albums chart and reached the #49 position on The Billboard 200. The album,
which featured a collaboration with Gorillaz's
Dan 'The Automator' Nakamura, was preceded by the single "Get Your
Way".
Cullum's next studio album, "The Pursuit", arrived well over
four years later, in November 2009. It includes the single "I'm All
Over It".
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